Wednesday 10 February 2016

3 Thriller Narratives - David McConnell

This post will contain a list of 3 films, each with details on their plot, money made and actors

(1) 'Jurassic Park' (Spielberg, 1993)



Plot

Huge advancements in scientific technology have enabled a mogul to create an island full of living dinosaurs. John Hammond has invited four individuals, along with his two grandchildren, to join him at Jurassic Park. But will everything go according to plan? A park employee attempts to steal dinosaur embryos, critical security systems are shut down and it now becomes a race for survival with dinosaurs roaming freely over the island.

Money Made

Budget - $63,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend

$18,620,145 (USA) (7 April 2013) (2,771 Screens)
$50,159,460 (USA) (13 June 1993)
£9,043,578 (UK) (22 July 1993) (434 Screens)
AUD 10,398,804 (Australia) (8 September 1993) (195 Screens)

Actors


Sam Neill...
Laura Dern...
Jeff Goldblum...
Richard Attenborough...
Bob Peck...
Martin Ferrero...
Joseph Mazzello...
Ariana Richards...
Samuel L. Jackson...
BD Wong...
Henry Wu (as B. D. Wong)

(2) 'Shutter Island' (Scorsese, 2010)


Plot

It's 1954, and up-and-coming U.S. marshal Teddy Daniels is assigned to investigate the disappearance of a patient from Boston's Shutter Island Ashecliffe Hospital. He's been pushing for an assignment on the island for personal reasons, but before long he wonders whether he hasn't been brought there as part of a twisted plot by hospital doctors whose radical treatments range from unethical to illegal to downright sinister. Teddy's shrewd investigating skills soon provide a promising lead, but the hospital refuses him access to records he suspects would break the case wide open. As a hurricane cuts off communication with the mainland, more dangerous criminals "escape" in the confusion, and the puzzling, improbable clues multiply, Teddy begins to doubt everything - his memory, his partner, even his own sanity.

Money made

Budget - $80,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend

$41,062,440 (USA) (21 February 2010) (2,991 Screens)
£2,250,178 (UK) (14 March 2010) (416 Screens)

Actors

(3) 'Die Hard' (McTiernan, 1988)


Plot

NYPD cop John McClane goes on a Christmas vacation to visit his wife Holly in Los Angeles where she works for the Nakatomi Corporation. While they are at the Nakatomi headquarters for a Christmas party, a group of bank robbers led by Hans Gruber take control of the building and hold everyone hostage, with the exception of John, while they plan to perform a lucrative heist. Unable to escape and with no immediate police response, John is forced to take matters into his own hands.

Money made

Budget - $28,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend

$601,851 (USA) (17 July 1988) (21 Screens)
£612,125 (UK) (5 February 1989) (247 Screens)
DEM 1,962,700 (West Germany) (16 November 1988) (184 Screens)

Actors


All information is from IMDB

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